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Bioversity International is shaking up the food system says Food Tank
Bioversity International was mentioned by the Food Tank: The Food Think Tank as one of the 40 organizations that are shaking up the food system. "Our hope is that the more people know about the work that these groups are doing, the more people can be inspired to make their own change in the food system," said the co-founders of the blog.
Semantics for Biodiversity – International Workshop
The 1st international workshop on Web Semantics for Biodiversity, held on 27 May in Montpellier, France, will define key challenges identified by the bioinformatics community, discuss solutions and identify opportunities emerging from interactions across plant science and informatics disciplines.
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Erna Bennett - An early pioneer of Plant Genetic Conservation
Erna Bennett, a leading scientist and one of the first people to draw attention to genetic erosion and the importance of conserving agricultural biodiversity, sadly died last week on January 3rd 2012, after a long illness. She was instrumental in shaping plant genetic conservation research along with Otto Frankel and others during the 1950s and 1960s, with that influence continuing to this day.
Her strong and solid intellectual contributions, in particular those on genecology and her insistence to link farmers to the conservation efforts, were outstanding and original, combining practical commitment with intellectual rigour.
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